You can't say he wasn't warned. All jokes aside, this is insanity. This glorifies glutony and to some extent the excesses or at least percieved
excesses of the american lifestyle. I realize the shock factor is "The Heart Attack Grill's" unique form of advertising, but the bragging does not
impress me, and it's hard to be sympathetic.

The situation was, in fact, as serious as a heart attack. FOX5 News Las Vegas reports that this past weekend, a man in his 40s began experiencing
chest pains while consuming one of the restaurant's signature 6,000 calorie "Triple Bypass" burgers. Basso, who is not a medical professional, called
911, and EMTs and paramedics arrived on the scene quickly.

The customer - or "patient" as they are referred to at the restaurant, which moved from Chandler, Arizona to Las Vegas last October - is reportedly
alive and recuperating. Sadly, that's not the case for the restaurant's 575-pound spokesman, who died last March at the age of 29.

Heart Attack Grill is no stranger to controversy, actively courting fans and nayayers alike with slogans like "Taste worth dying for!" and "Cash only,
because you might die before the check clears."

Saw this story yesterday.....he deserved it. The restaurant should not be allowed to be open. Just because there are the idiots that will eat these
foods doesn't mean they should encourage it. Either way.....the guy deserved what he got in my opinion......if you're going to eat something you
know is horrible for you made at a place called Heart Attack Grill then you will get no sympathy from me when you keel over and die...

Even the idea that someone could pack away such a burger, shows that they already eat like that.
I think the amount of fat in that burger would make most people sick after a couple of bites.
The healthiest thing on there, they ruined all benefits by soaking and sauteeing a whole onion in lard

I hope the guy recovering in the hospital from that, changes his eating habits now.

Originally posted by snowspirit
Even the idea that someone could pack away such a burger, shows that they already eat like that.
I think the amount of fat in that burger would make most people sick after a couple of bites.
The healthiest thing on there, they ruined all benefits by soaking and sauteeing a whole onion in lard

I hope the guy recovering in the hospital from that, changes his eating habits now.

You would be surprised. I am only 5'6'' and 120ibs. I must go to the IHOP twice a week to pound down 4 eggs over medium, 2 sides of hash browns, 2
sides of white toast, a bagel with cream cheese, and a belgian waffle with strawberry compote.

Saw this story yesterday.....he deserved it. The restaurant should not be allowed to be open. Just because there are the idiots that will eat
these foods doesn't mean they should encourage it. Either way.....the guy deserved what he got in my opinion......if you're going to eat something
you know is horrible for you made at a place called Heart Attack Grill then you will get no sympathy from me when you keel over and die...

I saw it yesterday as well, and it's had a few threads here on ATS already.

Regardless, I saw fit to respond to you here as some of what you said bothers me. First off, why does the victim "deserve it"? I haven't seen many
details on him, and am unable to watch the videos from this network - is he overweight, or does he otherwise have a habit for unhealthy eating? If he
were a triathlete who normally ate healthy and was just out for a treat and had this happen, would he deserve it? Would you deserve for eating chips,
cookies, or burgers, if it happened to you?

Secondly, you say the restaurant shouldn't be allowed to be open - who exactly should be in charge of these decisions? Should people not be allowed
to cook and eat food like this in their own personal lives (we're going to police all kitchens and personal diets now)? Should we outlaw all fast and
junk foods? Skydiving schools? Alcohol and tobacco? See where I'm going here?

I find the general attitude a bit disturbing is all...yes, people are responsible for their own choices, but not all events are directly correlated to
our decisions, and a prohibitionary mindset as voiced here takes a very short-sighted view of things.

I think the fact that this restaurant even exists is offensive. The fact that people pay for (the heart attack waiting to happen) food is even
worse....they promote this restaurant by eating there...and thereby promote their own ill health and a possible heart attack and/or heart problems.

Your body make up has nothing to do with whether you can have problems or not. I worked with a guy that was board thin and his doctor told him that he
was a candidate for heart problems if he didn't change his eating habits. One can be thin physically but clogging the crap out of their arteries.

I have nothing against this idea of restaurant. It's not something that one should go all the time. Just one of in the weekend or something and then
afterwards some helluva calory burning. At least they are honest about their product.

To the whining cry babies that want to crush this restaurant.......just stop. Your exposing you ignorance and inability to grasp reality. And your
lack of rational thought makes the rest of us look like idiots.

This dining establishment didn't kill this moron. There is nothing wrong with eating a glutinous meal a few time a year for a good laugh. What gave
this sack of crap a heart attack is ignorance....the same ignorance being exposed here by the thoughtless wanting to blame the place or society.

A single meal doesn't kill. A lifetime of willful ignorance does. And we don't need this dumb story to be used as a reason to control our choices even
more.

Whatever happened to folks who knew what personal responsibility means? It seems most around here think the outside world should be bubble wrapped to
protect the people from themselves.

I doubt ##SNIPPPED## even grasp what I am saying......"but he and his kind are why health care is so expensive"......really, you wanna go down that
road? Don't. You will end up looking like an ignorant fool.

Originally posted by Biigs
This is a real health issue, you can say its fully his fault, but the resaurant exists and he got what he thought he wanted there, takes two to tango.

Gotta disagree with that. They are providing goods and service that are perfectly legal. One is responsible for ones own actions. They didn't make
him eat there. They didn't make him eat elsewhere as well that probably lead to his condition.

How can you possibly remove humor and irony from this when he keeled over eating something named for the very condition he keeled over with, in a
place the glorifies the idea of death by gluttony?

The jokes not only write themselves, but just about get on stage to tell themselves too! The fact it didn't outright kill him turns it from something
you secretly laugh at...to laugh out loud hilarious.

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